ACTIVITY 2 PARABOLA
Instruction: Attach a photo of your solutions written on paper for
easy reference and correlation with your answers.
Find the vertex, focus, and vertex of each parabola. Sketch the
graph of each equation
1.
Solution and Graph:
V: ( ½, -⅛ )
F: ( ½, -⅝ )
D: y = ⅜
LR: 2
Endpoints of Latus Rectum:
( 3/2 , -⅝) (-½, -⅝ )
V: (0.5, -0.125)
F: (0.5, -0.625)
D: y = 0.375
LR: 2
Endpoints of Latus
Rectum:(1.5, -0.625) (-0.5,
-0.625 )
2.
Solution and Graph:
V: (4, 1)
F: (47/12, 1)
D: x = 49/12
LR: 1/3
Endpoints of Latus Rectum:
( 47/12 , 7/6) (47/12, 5/6 )
V: (4, 1)
F: (3.917, 1)
D: x = 4.083
LR: 0.334
Endpoints of Latus Rectum:
(3.917, 1.167)
(3.917, 0.833)
3.
Solution and Graph:
V: (4, 35)
F: (4, 279/8)
D: y = 281/8
LR: 1/2
Endpoints of Latus Rectum:
(17/4, 279/8)
(15/4, 279/8)
V: (4, 35)
F: (4, 34.875)
D: y = 35.125
LR: 0.5
Endpoints of Latus Rectum:
(4.25, 34.875)
(3.75, 34.875)